A London Startup Is Selling Permanent Stick-On Tattoos—and It Wants to Do Mail Order
It’s worth pointing out, however, that options are currently pretty limited, both in quantity and in complexity. All the tattoos available so far are basically laid out on a grid, with each filled square corresponding to a single dot—or microdot, I guess—of ink. This means that the results look like very precise stick-and-pokes.
- ▪It’s worth pointing out, however, that options are currently pretty limited, both in quantity and in complexity.
- ▪All the tattoos available so far are basically laid out on a grid, with each filled square corresponding to a single dot—or microdot, I guess—of ink.
- ▪This means that the results look like very precise stick-and-pokes.
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Today’s entry to the ranks of “technologies that are cool in a technical sense but also don’t seem like a particularly great idea” comes from London-based startup CipherX, which describes itself as “a biotech start-up pioneering the next generation of microneedle technology for high-impact products across lifestyle, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical markets.” If you’re wondering exactly what that means, it translates as follows: they’re selling permanent stick-on…
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